Nova Assignments, Inc. v. Kunian

In this case we review a Superior Court judge’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, attorney Stephen T. Kunian and his law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (Eckert). The plaintiff, Nova Assignments, Inc. (Nova), is the assignee of the law firm Postemak Blankstein & Lund, LLP (PBL).2 Our standard of review of the judge’s order granting summary judgment is the familiar one. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, viewing the evidence contained in the summary judgment record in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, in this case Nova. Gray v.…